ABV IVS Sources Sought Notice - 22APR2025 - 23MAY2025.pdf

ASSAULT BREACHER VEHICLE (ABV) Integrated Vision System (IVS) Sources Sought Notice (SSN)

I. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A MARKET INVESTIGATION REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE

FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this questionnaire is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to the market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market investigation will not be returned. Although no solicitation document exists at this time, information derived from this market investigation will help the Government determine the suitability of the marketplace for satisfying this performance requirement.

II. GENERAL INFORMATION

a) OBJECTIVE:

Product Manager for Bridging (PdM Bridging) is issuing this Sources Sought Request for Information (RFI) notice as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and resources to support a requirement for the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) Integrated Vision System (IVS). The U.S. Government plans to award a Four-year with One option year, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Requirements contract.

b) PROGRAM INFORMATION:

Full-tracked combat engineer vehicle designed to breach minefields and complex obstacles, providing an in-stride breaching capability for the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT). Provides crew protection and vehicle survivability comparable to the M1A1 Abrams tank chassis while having the speed and mobility to keep pace with the maneuver force.

c) TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

The IVS is an integral part of the ABV. The ABV is an M1A1 chassis-based vehicle that provides in-stride breaching capability for the US Army. The ABV includes the following major subsystems: an Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) built turret; the IVS; the Linear Demolition Charge System (LDCS); the High Lift Adapter (HLA) that mounts the interchangeable Full Width Mine Plow (FWMP) and Combat Dozer Blade (CDB); and the Lane Marking System (LMS).

The Integrated Vision System is comprised of the following subsystems:

i. One (1) Modified 3-Sensor GS207 Gimbal (Laser Range Finder (LRF), Image Intensifier (I2) Camera, Night Vision and Infrared (IR) Camera)

ii. One (1) Driver’s Vision Enhancement (DVE) System

iii. Forward and Rear Infrared (IR) (Thermal) Cameras

iv. Five (5) Day cameras

v. One (1) Commander Control Panel

vi. One (1) Commander Display Module

All of the above subsystems include associated mounting hardware, cables, fittings, and spares necessary to fully install and operate the subsystem

The result of this market research will contribute to determining the best method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 336992.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the Integrated Vision System, or vision system that meets or exceeds the current capabilities, please complete Section III according to the instructions.

d) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as “confidential” under this statute. [To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term “confidential” in the context of Classified Information,” we will use the term “PROPRIETARY.”] Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any trade secret or PROPRIETARY restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) “PROPRIETARY” with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as “PROPRIETARY” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain.

Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the Government, shall contain the “PROPRIETARY” legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends ‘PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION

ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses.

Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “PROPRIETARY” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain confidential information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available.

III. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All responding to this notice shall provide specific information to include a summary of its company’s capabilities in a Capability Statement which demonstrates the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities necessary to perform the Government’s requirement.

a) The Capability Statement should include the following information:

Company Name:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

DUNS/Cage Code:

Website Address:

Type of Organization:

Business Type(s): [ ] Large Business (LB), [ ] Small Business (SB), [ ] HUBZone (HZ), [ ] Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), [ ] Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), [ ] 8(a) Business Development Program, [ ] Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), [ ] Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB).

Number of Employees:

b) Does your company have any experience as a prime contractor providing the system parts, and services of the same or similar type effort(s), (to include size and complexity) within the past five years? If yes, please provide the following information.

Contract number(s):

Dollar value(s):

Point of Contact (POC):

POC Email address:

POC Phone number:

Brief description of your direct support of the effort: Similarity of scope, effort, complexity

c) Statement of Technical Readiness Level and description of any integration efforts required to allow your system to be compatible with the ABV.

d) Ability of your system to be retrofitted to an existing ABV with any known limitations or modification required to retrofit your system.

e) Are there any conditions in the market that may affect the market/ Cost?

f) Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding its submissions. The Government may contact potential sources for additional information as required.

g) Interested parties are encouraged to be registered in the System for Award

Management, www.sam.gov prior to responding to this Sources Sought Notice.

h) Interested parties that consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed requirements are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 1700 EST 23 May 2025.

i) Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist via email. For submissions including files exceeding email limits, submit your response via DoD SAFE at URL: https://safe.apps.mil/ to the Contract Specialist followed by an email to the Contract Specialist of your DoD SAFE submission. You are requested to put “ASSAULT BREACHER VEHICLE (ABV) Integrated Vision System (IVS) Program Market Survey” in the email subject line and description in DoD SAFE. Any requests for https://safe.apps.mil/ clarifications of this survey shall be addressed to Contract Specialist, Mr. Sean M.

Cotten; email: sean.m.cotten.civ@army.mil.

Disclaimer: This is a sources sought notice and is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the information contained in this posting or information received as a result of this posting.

mailto:Lakeisha.s.hadley.civ@army.mil